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w. BONNELL. Lantern. No. 96,772. Patented Nov/l6, 1869.

fitnitml fitters @atmtdtifiiim WILLIAM H. BONNELL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK,

Letters Patent N 0. 96,772, dated November 16,1869,

LANTERN.

- b The Schedule referred to :in-these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

* '1, WILLIAM H. BONNELL, of Buffalo, in the county the deflector being open, and of sufficient size, so that v of Erie, and State of New York, have invented certhe lower portion of the globe B will fit within it. tain Improvements in Lanterns, of which the follow- The light which is transmitted through the lower ing is a specification. portion of the globe, within the opening of O,is de- The nature of my invention consists in constructing flected by means of the reflecting power of O, and, as the globe-protecting wire frame of a lantern, so that the rays of light are reflected by the well-known opthe wire 'applied, running horizontally with the lantical law, it can be observed that in a certain. distance tern, will pass through the wire, running vertical, or the rays are brought to a focus, and, therefore, no the whole to be reversed, thus securing a very strong shadow of the body of the lamp can occur, and the and comparatively cheap wire frame, which construcmuch-desired feature of a lantern (the throwing down tion may also be applied to many other purposes, of light directly beneath the lantern) is obtained. such as muzzies, &c.; also in providing a lantern with D is the top of the lantern, and is secured to the ,a deflecting-base. top wire ring of wire frame A, by means of a hinge 1 refer to the drawing, which illustrates the invenand a spring-catch, d, for the purpose of taking outt-ion more fully, and which makes part 'of this specifithe globe at the top of the lantern. cation. It represents the lantern in a side view, a

portion of deflector being cut out in order to show the Olmms' operation of the same, Having, thus fully described. my invention,

Letter A is the wire frame; it is constructed of \Vhat I desire to secure by Letters Patent, istwo wire rings, each of whichisprovided with six holes.- 1. Constructing and securing together wires of These holes are made by first splitting the wire at wire frames bypassing one wire through the other, the respective places, and thensuflioiently opening. substantially as and for the purposes specified.

the same so that the wires running in contrary direc- 2. In combination with a lantern, the deflectingtion may be passed through said holes, in which they base 0, to be constructed and to operate substantially are to be secured with soft solder. as described and setforth. i

B is the glass globe; it is secured within the wire W. H. BONNELL. frame resting at the lamp and the deflecting-base O. \Vitnesses:

G is this deflecting-base; it is secured to the wire H. WM. DOIP,

frame A, as can be seen by the drawing; the top of M WHAET. J. STARK. 

